Fence



(NovModel.)

I; L. LANDIS.

FENCE. No. 339,434. PatentedA'pr. '6; i886.

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` ITED Srarns artnr @trice ISRAEL L. LANDIS, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 339,434, dated April 6, 1886.

Application tiled October 15. 11385. Serial No. 179,993. (No model.)

To fLZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be :it known that I, IsRAnL L. LANnIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Fences, of which the follow is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements upon the invention for improvement in fences, upon which Letters Patent of the United States were granted to me the 3d day of October, 1882, No. 265,518, wherein the fence-rails are held to the posts by wires passing obliquely over the faces of thc rails and fastened to the posts by means of nails or pins, and it has for its objects to provide for more securely fastening the rails by a peculiar arrangement of the wires and fastening devices, so that the said rails will not beliable to shil't lrom their seats, as more fully hereinafter specified.

These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l represents a side elevation of a fence constructed according to my invent-ion; Fig. 2, a perspective view of one of the fenceposts detached,showing the wires for securing the rails; and Fig. 3 an edge View of one ot' the fenceposts, showing the fastening devices. Fig. et is a side View ofthe wire and its fastenings detached from the post.

The letter Aindicatesthe fence-posts,which are rectangular in cross-section, and B the parallel railsot' the fence.

To the fenceposts are secured the fasteningwires C, which extend diagonally across the lace of the posts, as shown. Each post is preferably provided with a single wire for se curing all the rails, although separate wires may be used, iffound convenient. Each altornate stretch of wire across the face of the post is formed in a loop, c, for the reception of the fence-rails, and at suitable intervals on the opposite edges of the posts the wires at their angles are secured by means of pins or nails, d, the angles being bent around the displaced when once in place,and as the nails u or pins which secure the wires are driven in the edges of posts, instead of the face, they are subjected to no direct longitudinal strain, and consequently cannot be drawn out accidentally, thus affording the utmost security in holding the rails and providing a strong and durable fence, the wires extending across the post efectually securing it against splitting, and strengthening it.

ln order to give a better support to the rails, a recess, as shown at X at the bottom of Fig. 2, may be formed in the face of the post for the reception of the rails. The said recess forms a seat for the rails, in which the same are confined by the wire loops, so as to positively preclude anyupward or downward movement ot' the same.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

In a rail fence, the combination,with the rails, arranged as described, and the posts, of the wires extending obliquely across the front of the rails and over and under the lapped ends of the same, where they are looped, the loops extending downward below the upper edges of the rails and upward under the lower edges of the same, and being secured. to the posts by nails or pins, substantially as specitied.

In testimony whereotl aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISRAEL L. LANDIS. RVitnesses:

JOHN O. J ENitINs, Grills. D. Davis. 

